Here is a new training series brought to you by the 3 County Continuum of Care and the Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness. Presented by Racial Equity Partners (REP), the series offers 5 online sessions, each exploring a topic that will deepen participants’ understanding on the impact of structural racism. The goal of the sessions is for attendees to gain a better understanding of the history of race and white supremacy, the impact of racial trauma, racial disparities in homelessness - and the importance and value of people with lived experience to affect systems change; and discuss their ideas for strategies to address racial inequities and to strengthen our relationship with people with lived experience. See all the details here.

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Community Action Pioneer Valley

Associate Director of Community Engagement

Cooley Dickinson unveils rebranding

“The signs on our building and through our hospital campus visually reinforce that Cooley Dickinson is part of Mass General Brigham, a world-class healthcare system with patients at its center,” Cooley Dickinson President and CEO Lynnette M. Watkins said. READ the release.

NELCWIT seeking Co-Exec Directors

NELCWIT has a shared leadership structure which requires trust, equal voice, and compromise. Together two Co-Executive Directors (Co-EDs) will make decisions regarding the overall operations, finance, resource development, and program management of the organization. INFO online here.

A special welcome to our freshest COSA members!

Thanks to you, we are growing this spring.

Northampton Survival Center

DIAL/SELF

The United Arc

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The Food Bank reached its Feed-Lead-Strengthen Capital Campaign goal at the end of 2022! Construction is on track for the future, larger and greener food distribution center and headquarters in Chicopee. The building is buttoned up for the winter, all the concrete floors have been poured and the interior walls are going up. If all goes according to plan, The Food Bank will move there in September 2023. READ more here.

From National Policy to Local Implementation: A conversation on the role of nutrition and food security and overall health. This will be an interprofessional workshop sponsored by the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, UMASS Amherst on Monday, March 6 from 5 – 7pm via Zoom.

In 2022, the White House released the Biden-Harris Administration National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. This conversation will focus on Pillar 2—Integrate Nutrition and Health: Prioritize the role of nutrition and food security in overall health—including disease prevention and management—and ensure that our health care system addresses the nutrition needs of all people. Register HERE.